Dexter Gordon: Our Man In Paris (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-6 as well as co-composer and

as well as co-composer and supporting soloist

The band stretches out on extended takes of Jordan’s “Not Guilty

This collection brings together Ella's most cherished recordings in the company of American music's greatest performers and composers—Louis Armstrong

Duke Ellington and Neil Young

quintet (with Jean-Louis Chautemps on tenor performing ‘Tasty Pudding’ and ‘Anticipated Blues’) or octet (performing ‘Chet’

Dexter Gordon: Our Man In Paris (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-6 as well as co-composer andBlue Note, 1963 Dexter Gordons 1963 album Our Man In Paris was his first dispatch from Europe and is also symbolically considered to be the last true bebop album. After recording his masterful albums GO! and A Swingin Affair in the Summer of 1962, the great saxophonist left the United States for what would be a 14 year period living in Europe. In May 1963, Gordon assembled a quartet with bebop legends and fellow expats Bud Powell on piano and Kenny